Rodrigo Abd photo at AP. Caption: “Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro and first lady Cilia Flores are surrounded by security guards during a military parade marking the one year anniversary of the death of Venezuela’s former President Hugo Chavez in Caracas, Venezuela.”

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August 2, 2017

Colombia

Mientras que el acuerdo está bien conceptualizado, el calendario real de implementación está lejos de ser coherente

En cuanto al proceso de paz, la encuesta muestra un aumento en el optimismo de la gente frente al mismo. Este apoyo pasó del 46, 7 % al 52, 8 %, en un período en el que se dio la entrega de armas por parte de las Farc

Colombia, El Salvador

The training was facilitated by military members from the United States and Colombia and held at the Regional Center on Counter Transnational Organized Crime Training (CRACCT, per its Spanish acronym) in Ilopango, San Salvador

Mexico

U.S. Rep. Will Hurd, a Texas Republican, leads a small coalition of border-state lawmakers backing a newly introduced bill for a “smart wall” that would substitute a network of high-tech security systems for a physical wall

Se trata de responsabilizar al delegado Rigoberto Salgado, de la primera fuerza política local, Morena, de haber protegido o al menos tolerado las actividades del llamado “Cártel de Tláhuac”

Roel sostuvo que es momento de reconocer el fracaso de la estrategia del gobierno y avanzar hacia otras soluciones

Panama

La Corte Suprema de EEUU denegó el martes una petición del ex presidente panameño Ricardo Martinelli para que se le ponga en libertad bajo fianza y no se le extradite a Panamá

Peru

Los comandos de élite colaborarán con los planes del gobierno para lograr reducir a la mitad para el año 2021 los cultivos de coca en el país, que actualmente son de unas 55.000 hectáreas

Venezuela

La Fuerza Armada Nacional Bolivariana (Fanb) de Venezuela ratificó hoy su “incondicional apoyo” y “lealtad” al presidente de ese país, Nicolás Maduro, ante las sanciones que este recibió del Gobierno de Estados Unidos

As Venezuela transforms into a police state, hundreds of thousands are fleeing hardship and persecution

Only 3.7 million people had voted by 5.30 p.m. in Venezuela’s controversial Constitutional Assembly election on Sunday, according to internal electoral council data reviewed by Reuters, casting doubt on the 8.1 million people authorities said had voted that day

“We know, without any doubt, that the turnout of the recent election for a National Constituent Assembly was manipulated,” the company, Smartmatic, said

If the State Department’s mission no longer extends to defending democracy, why bother even addressing it, let alone taking action against Maduro’s thuggishness?

Venezuela, Western Hemisphere Regional

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